Skip to main content
Centre for Commercial Law Studies
  1. Centre for Commercial Law Studies
  2. Events
  3. Past Events
  4. Items

Interim Relief in Arbitration - 27th Annual Colloquium of Arbitrators

26 March 2012

Time: 9:00am - 6:00pm
Venue: White and Case LLP, 5 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1DW

"The School of International Arbitration in co-operation with the ICC Institute of World Business Law organises the 27th Annual Colloquium of Arbitrators. The event is one of the highlights of the annual calendar of international arbitration, and attracts eminent practitioners to discuss current issues in relation to the arbitration process. The topic of this year's Colloquium is "Interim relief and Arbitration".


SIA ICC arbitration colloquium programme 2012 [PDF 410 KB]

CPD Points

6.5 CPD points apply to this event.

Book a place

Fee: £160.00

The preferred method of payment is online via the Queen Mary e-shop.

If you would like to pay by cheque, please fill out the form for 'payment by cheque registration' online and send your cheque to: 

Katherine Zaim, Events and Alumni Development Manager
Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London
67-69 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London WC2A 3JB
United Kingdom

The event is co-chaired by

Professor Julian DM Lew QC, Head of the School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary, University of London

Maître Antonias Dimolitsa, Vice President, ICC Institute of World Business Law

Programme

9:00 - 9:30 Registration
9:30 - 9:40

Welcome remarks

Professor Julian DM Lew and Antonias Dimolitsa
9:40 - 10:15

Types of interim relief

  • Specific performance
  • Injunctions and cease and desist orders
  • Interim relief in construction disputes
  • Worldwide freezing orders
  • Bank attachments
  • Request for assistance in the taking of evidence
  • Anti-suit or anti-arbitration injunctions
  • Security for costs

Speaker:

Charles Kaplan, Herbert Smith, Paris
10:15 - 10:45

Requirements for interim relief in national laws

  • Irreparable / harm
  • “Urgency” and “risk”
  • Damages not sufficient compensation
  • Prima facie or good arguable case
  • Abuse of right to request interim relief
  • Security for relief allowed

Speakers:

Philippe Pinsolle, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Paris
Cy Benson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, London
10:45 - 11:00 Questions and Discussion
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30

National courts v tribunals: tactics and request for interim relief

  • Which forum: arbitral tribunal or national court?
  • Which national court?
  • When is an arbitral tribunal in a best position than a national court to grant
    interim relief?

Speakers:

Wendy J Miles, WilmerHale, London
Nathalie Voser, Schellenberg Wittmer, Zurich
12:30 - 12:45 Questions and Discussion
12:45 - 14:15 Lunch
14:15 - 15:00

The Emergency Arbitrator

  • Review of mechanisms for emergency arbitrators
    - ICC Arbitration Rules
    - Stockholm Institute Rules
    - UNCITRAL Rules
  • Interaction with national courts and competent tribunal
  • Problems of emergency arbitrators
  • Criteria to be applied

Speakers:

Phillip Capper, White & Case LLP, London
Jean-Yves Garaud, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Paris
15:00 - 15:45

How should arbitrators handle requests for interim relief

  • Urgent requests for interim relief
  • Ex parte requests for interim relief
  • Default parties: what should arbitrators do when a respondent fails to respond to the request for interim relief
  • Form of interim relief: award / procedural order

Speaker:

Pierre-Yves Tschanz, Tavernier Tschanz, Geneva
15:45 - 16:00 Questions and Discussion
16:00 - 16:15 Tea/Coffee break
16:15 - 16:50

Enforcement of interim relief

  • Enforcement through national courts
  • Support for additional remedies

Speakers:

Professor Loukas Mistelis, School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary, University of London
Domitille Baizeau, Lalive, Geneva
16:50 - 17:00 Questions and Discussion
17:00

Conclusions and closing remarks

Antonias Dimolitsa and Professor Julian DM Lew

 

Contact

For more information please contact:

Katherine Zaim, Alumni and Events Development Manager, Centre for Commercial Law Studies
Email: k.zaim@qmul.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 20 7882 8481

Back to top